Thanks for books, requests succeeding volumes in due course and English description for collection of coloured illustrations. His account with Smith. Asks after the illustrations of Xaempsori produced by [Sir Joseph] Banks, which he previously requested. Requests copies of "Linnean Transactions", though he is not a member of the Linnean Society.

Their university's "Museum anatomicum" has finally come off the press; sending copies to Smith, British Museum, and Sir Joseph Banks. Requests copies of all Smith's works and copies of first two volumes of "Linnean Transactions", which he hopes will settle the exchange between them.

Has recommended Smith to Schuurmans Steckhoven, whose grandfather was director of Vienna Botanic Gardens, who is seeking a London correspondent to exchange plants with. Requests English version of "Icones pictae" for a friend in Amsterdam who does not understand the Latin.

Hopes his last letter reached Smith, in which he requested Smith send parcel of his books through Holstein, the Rotterdam booksellers; still has not received them. Asks that the book he sent [Sir Joseph] Banks be mentioned in the English journals ["Museum anatomicum"].

Requests copy of [Peter] Collinson's "History and Antiquities of Somerset" (1792) and to be informed of any similar works.

Asks after the parcel of Smith's works, which has still not arrived, as the friend he ordered them for is constantly asking after them. Still awaiting a letter from Sir Joseph Banks. Books sent and wanted.

[Smith has briefly noted his reply] details of manner in which he sent the parcel; hopes to soon send "Linnean Transactions" vol 2; [Sir Joseph Banks] will write soon; has asked a friend to notice Sandifort's work ["Museum anatomicum"] in the "Monthly Review", which he never writes in himself, to avoid quarrels.

Finally received parcel of Smith's works, all of which find "great favour" here; disappointed no supplement to any has been published. Hopes to receive "Linnean Transactions" vol 2, Smith's "Tour", and the new work Smith mentioned. Requests second volume of "Asiatick Researches" and asks if third part of "Speculi Linnaei" has appeared yet. His recently published work ["Museum anatomicum"] expensive but demand keeping pace with supply. Still awaiting a letter from Sir Joseph Banks.

Thanks for parcel of books, just received, though disappointed it did not include two copies of third part of "Icones pictae"; requests that English and Latin versions be added with part 5 of "Botany and Zoology of New Holland". Will return spare copy of Smith's ["Sketch of a Tour on the Continent"]; so many copies have been imported into Holland there is no one to give it to. Received from Sir Joseph Banks not only a letter but also a human skull from New Holland. Requests second and third volumes of "Asiatick Researches".

Has just seen the prospectus for [Robert] Thornton's "New Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus" but it is too expensive for him to subscribe to, will inform Smith if he finds anyone willing to do so. A long time since he heard from Smith; eager to hear if he has published anything in meantime.